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Nigerian 419 Scam Sept 2000 This scam has been seen in a lot of different forms but they all work the same way. Someone in a foreign country (usually Nigeria) has some large amount of money that they need to get into or out of the country. Their offer to make you a business partner where you set up a legitimate bank account and let them use it to transfer millions of dollars. For this, you get to keep 30% of the money plus 5% for expenses. Sounds great, they call you back and want you to put $10,000 in the account to get it open and cover some initial expenses and then give them access. As soon as you do that, your money disappears and so do your business partners. The U.S. Treasury has a good description of these scams (http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml) including where to report them if you have lost money. This link has a large number of variants of the scam message: 419 Scam List. Here is a real different variant that targets Baptist pastors. Here is a link to some people who have played along with the scammers to see what they would do: Scam-o-Rama Mr. Joseph Adisa Tel/Fax: 234 - 1 - 2664409 Lagos - Nigeria. ATTN: THE PRESIDENT / CEO Dear Sir, I know this letter will come to you as a surprise but suffice it to say that I got your contact from the Nigerian Export Promostion Council who assured me that you are capable and reliable to assist me in this transaction. Before I go into details, I will first introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Joseph Abudulkarim Adisa a son to Minister of Works and Housing of the Federal of Nigeria. Recently, my father was probed, guilty and sentenced to five (5) years imprisonment by the Federal Government, President Olusegun Obasanjo for some misappropriation while he was in office during the last Military regime of Gen. Abudusalam Abubakar. Before his ordeal I successfully get hold of a sum money in one of his duplexes. And since then I have being making arrangement of how to transfer this money which is ($25,500,000.00) Twenty Five, Million five hundred thousand United States dollars to a foreign account. Now, all my fathers account is now under government claim except this one that I contacted my friends uncle who was a Bank Manager to help me lodge the said amount in a bank account in his bank and fortunately for me he agreed to help me if only I can give him 10% of the whole amount. I agree with him on this basis and he has since being making all necessary arrangement to remit the amount to a foreign account which I will provide for him. This is the reason I contacted you to please help me by providing an account where I will deposit this money. I am soliciting you to please help me for this is the only hope I have since my father have been jailed. I also have intention of coming to your country to reside with you immediately after the remittance of the money for my life is uncomfortable here anymore due to what has happened, because the government go to an extent of throwing us out of our house and locked up the house. Please help me I promise to give you 30% of the total amount. If you are interested in helping me please reach me through the above Telephone/Fax number with the Bank Information where I will lodge the money for this is what I urgently need now. Once I get these details, I shall contact the Bank Manager who will smoothly transfer this money into your account within 10 bank working days (He has done the same deal for my cousin once) from the date I receive your reply. Remember that I shall come over to your country to collect my own share WHICH I WILL INVEST IN A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS based on your advice immediately the money is been transferred. Your share for this transaction is 30% total sum, 5% for local and international expenses (incurred by you and me). Note, there is no risk involved at all. Just comply and keep this strictly confidential. Best regards, Mr. Joseph A. Adisa.
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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